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An issue in next federal election in Canada.

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djwood
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 2:14pm

I believe food security and the need for a Canada wide food strategy will be an extremely important issue in the next federal election. And even more urgent as details of recently announced free trade deals with Europe and Korea become known.  This government is hell bent on putting local farmers on the fast track of free market competition with world wide producers who do not work from a fair playing field. Standards of food quality, workers wages and food safety will only be eroded as the bottom line will dictate who survives and who goes under in this brave new mercantile world.

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Food Sovereignty
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Webinar: The Future of Food - Agroecological and/or Industrial

Webinar/Podcast

Co-hosted by Presbyterian Hunger Program, PHP Food Justice Fellows, United Church of Canada, Food First, Food Chain Workers Alliance, and the US Food Sovereignty Alliance.

October 13, 12PM - 1PM

Agriculture

NFU calls for a stop to Bill C-18 at Agriculture Committee hearings

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Food Sovereignty
Agriculture
Food Systems

(Saskatoon) - October 8, 2014. The National Farmers Union (NFU) will present at House of Commons Agriculture Committee hearings on Bill C-18, the Agriculture Growth Act on Thursday, October 9 at 11 am Eastern Time. The NFU’s careful analysis of the Bill concludes it would increase farmers’ costs, reduce farmers’ autonomy and compromise Canadian sovereignty while providing substantially increased revenue and more power and control to multi-national agri-business corporations, and therefore, should not be passed.

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